It’s hard to criticize what was going on at Fukushima after all hell broke loose. It was absolute chaos...no one really had a complete grasp of what was actually going on and what the extent of the damage to the reactor plants was. There absolutely was problems initially. And, in emergency situations exposure limits can be waived. Not absolving them of mistakes, but taking the perspective of the magnitude of the entire event, it’s understandable that some rules weren’t followed.
I’m talking about NOW. Everything I have discussed about procedures and radiological controls is in place and being practiced NOW.
That is false. They knew precisely what was happening. TEPCO, the Japanese Government and even the US NRC. We know that now just from the FOIA requests.
BTW - An independent investigation determined that Tepco did indeed ask to abandon Fukushima #1 plant permanently.